To hear John Ashcroft tell it, a new terrorist threat is credible, real, and serious. “Credible intelligence from multiple sources indicates that al Qaeda plans to attempt an attack on the United States in the next few months,” Ashcroft said. “This disturbing intelligence indicates al Qaeda’s specific intention to hit the United States hard.” Got […]
Of all the possible reactions to General Anthony Zinni’s condemnation of the Bush administration, I didn’t expect the most obvious choice: silence. Zinni, former commander of the U.S. Central Command and Bush’s former hand-picked special envoy to the Middle East, was on 60 Minutes just three days ago, offering a blistering attack on the administration […]
Last week I talked about the conservative reaction to the deal struck between the White House and Senate Democrats over judicial nominations. The “compromise” allows 25 Bush-nominated judges to take the federal bench in exchange for a White House agreement that there will be no recess appointments for unconfirmed nominees. Conservatives, who should have been […]
It’s little surprise that the Bush campaign doesn’t mind deceiving the public with its campaign attack ads, but I’m a little amazed at how brazen they are about it. I know, I know, this is par for the course. The latest attack ad accuses John Kerry of “playing politics” with national security because he’s criticized […]
I really hate that the Bush administration’s political schemes and manipulative rhetoric have created an environment of constant mistrust. It shouldn’t be this way. When I see reports like this one, my first thought shouldn’t be to question the White House’s motives. But it is. Federal officials have information suggesting that al Qaeda has people […]
The only half-way newsworthy comment from Bush’s War College speech was his stated commitment to tear down the Abu Ghraib prison. Frankly, I don’t have a strong feeling about this either way. For what it’s worth, I think Bush made a relatively compelling argument. “A new Iraq will also need a humane, well-supervised prison system. […]
Is it really possible that even Richard Perle, infamous neo-con and Rumsfeld confidant, is condemning the administration’s policies in Iraq? Apparently so (via Salon). One of the ideological architects of the Iraq war has criticized the U.S.-led occupation of the country as “a grave error.” Richard Perle, until recently a powerful adviser to U.S. Defence […]
Bush and his campaign team have probably known for a while that they can’t ask for a second term based on domestic policy. The president’s only pillars of strength have been his perceived abilities in dealing with foreign policy, terrorism, and national security threats. Of course, with his foreign policy agenda having been thoroughly discredited, […]
If you have no idea what that headline means, then you probably haven’t seen one of my favorite comedies of recent years, Office Space. But if you do know the movie, and enjoyed it like I did, you should certainly check out this terrific spoof/adaptation of the movie, applied to the Bush administration (via Sean […]
Al Gore’s transformation from the most conservative Dem presidential candidate since Truman to the nation’s most high-profile liberal has been astonishing. I, for one, am thrilled to see it happen. There are different schools of thought to explain Gore’s shift, but it seems to me that this is the Gore the presidential candidate was hiding, […]